To shield older residents from dangerous air pollution, new care homes should be built as far from heavy traffic as
Month: June 2024
Age is just a number: Immune cell ‘epigenetic clock’ ticks independently of organism lifespan
St. Jude researchers use epigenetic clock, DNA methylation and mouse model to demonstrate that T cell proliferation can stretch past
AI better detects prostate cancer on MRI than radiologists
AI detects prostate cancer more often than radiologists. Additionally, AI triggers false alarms half as often. This is shown by
To heal skin, scientists invent living bioelectronics
For much of his childhood, Simiao Niu was troubled by psoriasis, a chronic, often painful skin condition, mostly on his
Putting the brakes on chronic inflammation
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a previously unknown link between two key pathways that regulate the immune system in
Mobile monitoring for an airborne carcinogen in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Louisiana’s southeastern corridor is sometimes known colloquially as “Cancer Alley” for its high cancer incidence rates connected to industrial air
Depressive symptoms in young adults linked to thinking, memory problems in midlife
People who experience prolonged depressive symptoms starting in young adulthood may have worse thinking and memory skills in middle age,
Does having a child with low birth weight increase a person’s risk of dementia?
People who give birth to infants less than 5.5 pounds may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems
Swimming microrobots deliver cancer-fighting drugs to metastatic lung tumors in mice
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the
Exposure to heat and cold in early life may affect development of white matter in the brain
Brain scans of more than 2,000 preadolescents suggests that early life exposure to heat and cold may have lasting effects